"For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rereward ." (Isaiah 52: 12)
We have no need to rush. God has got our back, and He has our front, too.
"The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul." (Psalm 121: 7)
and
"A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand;
but it shall not come nigh thee." (Psalm 91: 7)
Later in the same psalm, David writes:
"For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways." (Psalm 91: 11)
Now, Satan originally quoted this verse to tempt Jesus to throw Himself from the roof of the temple. Yet this verse just as well applies to every believer, that we have angels given charge over us, as well.
We have a greater assurance that God is for us. He is not lavishing His love on us out of pity, but out of justice and righteousness:
"If we confess our sins,
he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from
all unrighteousness." (1 John 1: 9)
This cleansing cannot be stopped, once we receive it, as indicated two verses previous:
"But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with
another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin." (1 John 1: 7)
What do we receive as a result of our sins being completely forgiven?
"For he hath
made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the
righteousness of God in him." (2 Corinthians 5: 21)
We are not just made "righteous", but we receive, we are made "the righteousness of God" in Christ. God the Father sees us in His Son, the firstborn of many brethren. We are adopted into the family:
"For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have
received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father." (Romans 8: 15)
We are made sons of God, after the likeness of the firstborn from the dead, Jesus Christ (Colossians 1: 18), and therefore we will be like Jesus (1 John 3: 3). We also have His authority, honor and protection on this earth, for:
"As He is, so are we in this world." (1 John 4: 17)
He watches out for us, His angels care for us wherever we go. We have no reason to rush or worry. Instead, like Jesus we can be spirit led, and He will lead us to where He wants us to go ever time!
To anyone who takes the time to take a look:
ReplyDeleteI have learned more about God's expansive love for me.
The devil will attack you when you receive more revelations of God's love for you!
This morning, I greeted someone, and at the time his back was turned to me. I though that he had not heard me, but then he got mad at me and stormed off when I greeted him a second time.
"You should never talk to someone to his back!" He yelled at me.
I am amazed at how every day, the posts that I put up in months past speak to me today.
Indeed, God's Word is timeless and timely!